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sagger

sagger is the alternative form of saggar.

Meaning of saggar

Noun

saggar (countable and uncountable, plural saggars)

  1. A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.
  2. Fireclay used to make ceramic casings.

See all 3 meanings of saggar

Noun

sagger (plural saggers)

  1. (slang) A young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals.

Forms of sagger

Noun
pluralsaggers
Verb
third-person singular presentsaggers
present participlesaggering
past participlesaggered
pastsaggered

Origin of sagger

From sag + -er.

Questions about sagger

What does sagger mean?
Sagger means a young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals.
What is sagger the alternative form of?
Sagger is the alternative form of saggar.
What part of speech is sagger?
Sagger is a noun.
What is the plural of sagger?
The plural of sagger is saggers.

Words near sagger in the dictionary

  1. saggaring
  2. saggars
  3. Saggart
  4. sagged
  5. sagged off
  6. sagger
  7. saggered
  8. saggering
  9. saggers
  10. Saggese
  11. Saggeses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sagger (page history and authors); saggar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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